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Thursday, February 20, 1986TThe Battalion Page 5 interest in Latin growing at A&M tidying classical languages part of new national trend iUniversity News Service Superabimus,” said a Texas Btudent, speaking Latin to his smates: “I will overcome.” H students were not thinking lit next year’s warfare on the mall field. They were doing bat- jnsttad with a list of Latin conju- ions and declensions and mem- [ing phrases such as “Cogitabo de |phis,” or “I will think about Jpy-” iorr A&M students than ever are ling up to study Latin, to the sur- lelnd delight of University offi- 5#l:o were unfortunately forced ■ away dozens of students last when the classes filled to capac- ■)aniel Fallon, dean of the col lege, said Latin has become one of the most popular subjects offered in the College of Liberal Arts. He said so many students were unable to en roll in an introductory course last fall that college officials are now of fering the classs for the first time in the spring. Fallon said the new zeal for Latin is part of a growing nationwide in terest in classical languages among University students, as well as a re flection of the burgeoning numbers of liberal arts majors at A&M. Among entering freshmen, liberal arts majors increased by 33 percent from the Fall 1984 to Fall 1985. “People are beginning to realize you can study liberal arts at Texas A&M, and the liberal arts (pro grams) are strong,” he said. “The word is getting out.” Dr. Craig Kallendorf, an assistant professor of English who teaches several of the Latin classes, said many of the students signed up for the practical help Latin could offer them in fields such as medicine, nau tical archeology and theology. Oth ers are English majors seeking to im prove their understanding of word origins and usage. And still others enrolled for pure enjoyment. For Holly McGuire, a graduating senior from Dallas majoring in En glish and Spanish, it was her last chance to study something she never had the time for until now. “I always wanted to,” she said. “It’s kind of important — it’s basic to a lot of things.” Interest in classical languages has expanded to include Greek. Al though the University offers no classes in Greek, Kallendorf said a number of students are so eager to get started that he formed an inde pendent study group for them. “Whafs taken place is a diversity among our students,” he said. “They’ve become more sophisticated and cosmopolitan. You can’t do any serious work in the arts, history or philosophy of English literature without bumping into classical stud ies. As more of our students go into liberal arts areas, we have more peo ple who find that out.” ichener, 79, |cuperating liter operation Associated Press wrf‘ SllN ~ Iner, whose /in Author ames most recent Her is the novel “Texas,” uperating in stable condi- Bednesday at Seton Medical [ev after undergoing a heart iss operation. Ipital spokeswoman Linda I'iand said Michener, 79, au- 5><>ailBf mo re than 30 books, was (||c,Bpli/ed Saturday after com- Tig of chest pains. said doctors performed j-y Sunday to by-pass five id arteries. I did not have a heart at- ■ McFarland said. “They did 1 some blockages, and the s decided now was as good I as any to perform the by- stirgery.” igeons encountered no com- lons during the operation, sad. [hener was resting comfort- ednesday and was sched- io be transferred out of the pital’s intensive care unit, p Kings, an associate of lier’s, said the author had a on of heart problems and iffered a heart attack about years ago. I Court reverses lie detector ruling ssaii time imefs -1 Associated Press AUSTIN — A state appeals court Wednesday rejected the argument that a lie detector policy adopted by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation was invalid because it violated employ ees’ common law rights of privacy. The 3rd Court of Appeals, how ever, sent the case back to the Austin trial court to determine whether the regulations are invalid on other grounds. The Texas Civil Liberties Union claimed “at least a partial victory” in its efforts to ban polygraph testing by state employees but indicated the TCLU would appeal the court’s rul ing to the Supreme Court. Justice John Powers’ majority opinion in the court of appeals said it may not be reasonable “to order an employee at an agency institution to surrender his privacy in favor of the public interest when a single empty beer can is inexplicably found at a place frequented by employees dur ing working hours.” "On the other hand,” Powers’ opinion said, “it may be reasonable to require all such employees to yield their privacy interests in favor of a greater state interest when a series of unresolved murders in an institution has created panic that must be al layed quickly if order is to be main tained, safety is to be secured, pa tient care is to be continued and public confidence is not be under mined.” I he mental health department enacted regulations providing that its employees, under certain condi tions, may be required to submit to a polygraph examination in the course of an agency investigation of alleged employee misconduct. The regulations also provide that an employee may be dismissed if he or she refuses to submit to such an examination, or refuses to answer certin questons related to the em ployees’ official duties. Powefs said the regulations “are not invalid on the grounds they pur port to authorize unreasonable con ditions of state employment by per mitting invasions of employee privacy in contravention of the com mon law of the state.” “We therefore reverse the judgment of the trial court declaring the regulations invalid on these grounds,” he said. Border relief cut off; volunteers still work Associated Press HARLINGEN — An organization that distributed food to impov erished border residents has decided to cease operations, but a former di rector says he will continue the work started by a man who dedicated his life to helping the poor along the Rio Grande. Frank Ferree, who in 1956 started the non-profit Volunteer Border Relief to deliver food and medicine to the poor along the U.S. — Mexico border, died in 1983, but five Mexi can volunteers have continued his work. Agency directors this week de cided to discontinue the operation after program coordinator Robert Schofield resigned earlier this month. Schofield, saying he couldn’t work with rules proposed by the new board, resigned Feb. 7. But he said he and another worker would re sume weekly food distribution trips to Mexico later this year. Before his death, Ferree and a group of volunteers went to grocery stores, bakeries and homes to collect food, clothes and medical supplies to take to the Mexican border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros twice each week. When agency directors told Scho field that he would have to fire a paid worker and work with the vol unteers, he resigned, leaving behind an offer of $3,000 and a van to con tinue operations. wnui up Thursday ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STUDENTS: will be hav- : : ing a Caribbean festival at Rudder Fountain on Parent’s Weekend — but we need your help. Do you have any musb cal or dancing ability? If so please call Raren, 260-5381. STUDENT ART FILM SOCIETY; will show the film “Lolita" at 7:30 p.m, in 103 Soil and Crop Sciences and Entomology Bldg. New members welcomed- For more information call Mary, 260-0827. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE; will show “The Day of the Dol phin" at 7:30 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. in 601 Rudder. Tickets are $1.50. DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will hold a general business meeting at 7 p.m. in 130 Blocker. . ATARI USER GROUP: will hold an organizational meeting for all interested Atari computer owners at 7:30 p.m. in 101 Teague Bldg. For more information call Bill, 845- 4054. ' MSC HOSPITALITY/MISS TAMU SCHOLARSHIP PAG- : EANT: will hold a contestant fashion show at 12:30 p.m. in the MSC lounge* C • SNEAD TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR/CIVIL ENGI NEERING; James E. Morehouse, Vice-President of A.T. : Kearny, Inc., will present a talk on international logistics at 2 p.m. in 503 Blocker. GREENPEACE COALITION; will hold an organizational in 504 Rudder. For more information SIGMA DELTA PI: will show Antonio Saura’s video, "Car- :| men.” For more information call Alexander, 764-6829. TAMU FENCING CLUB: will hold a meeting followed by : : V practice at 7 p.m. in 267 East Kyle... CORPUS CHRISTI HOMETOWN CLUB: will hold a meet f, ing to make final plans for the Somerville trip at 8:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder.. For more information call Dwain, 260- 2139. • : p •• ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT PLANNERS: will sponsor a '.T- lecture bv Gall McMillan, Community Development Coor dinator for Bryan, at 8:30 p.m. in 205 Architecture Bldg. •U-? •‘C , < fcar more information call 845-8756.': TEXAS A&M EMERGENCY CARE TEAM: will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder, For more information ' call 84m4321.' t|gf§ Friday GRADUATE STUDENT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will hold a bible st ud y on t he book of Haggi at 8 a.m. in the Me- f: diation Room of the All Faith’s Chapel. For more infor- main call Steve, 845-4032.:. UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY; will bold a Bible study at 6:15 p.m. in Mike’s office at the A&M Presbyterian Ll Ch urcn. For more in formation call Mike, 846-1221. CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST; will bold a weekly : meeting at 7 p.m..in 108 Harrington, /• TAMU CHESS CLUB: will continue its chess tournament at 7 I .m. in 402 Rudder. For more information call Luis, 846- 903, •NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS; wih hold By a screening Friday arid Saturday for contestants m the 11 ’‘Battle of the D J .’s" contest in Rudder (check monitors: for ...Other information). Deadline for registration is Friday. For SB more information call 260*4276 or 260-6021. . literate adults learning to read with help of newspapers Associated Press Jl'KIN — For illiterate adults being ghtioread by Dr. Maryjane Cable, “See }Run” could mean that Speaker of the ■ Tip O’Neill had changed his mind 1 i| seeking re-election to the House of Msentatives. tanning juvenile “This is a fish”-type fefial usually used to teach reading, Ca- p&ds with her students in the newspa- Ber each lesson. hler new method being used at the Mi Adult Learning Center, student tl teacher alternate pronouncing words |te<l in the paper, the student reading ■he has mastered with the instructor inlin as needed. ■at is what is totally unique as far as I pw, Cable said. “Most of the programs will train an adult to read only in the materials that are available at that center. But if you look around at what the readers are reading, they are reading newspapers, magazines and books.” A 320-page guide, “The Reading Hand book,” compiled by Cable last year, con tains 100 lessons that begin with simple words such as “I,” “a” and “an” and pro gresses to difficult but practical vocabulary, according to Cable, such as “socioeco nomic,” “polyunsaturated,” “radioactivity” and “electroencephalograph. “The words that 1 chose were words I felt would be useful to know.” Cable said there is yet another character istic that distinguishes her technique from others. “I teach the reading of a letter according to mouth position and sound production,” she said. “It eliminates a lot of problems.” Take the word “sat,” for example. Cable begins by instructing the student to place his tongue behind his teeth and make a his sing noise by blowing air through them. Next, she describes how to make a throaty, short “a” sound and finishes by demon strating a “t,” produced by flipping the tongue off the palate behind the teeth. “Now say it like a word,” she prompts the student, and praises him if the word is correctly pronounced. “All the way along the line the student is encouraged and complimented,” Cable said. “It is essential.” Bob Quillin, director of the center, called Cable’s work with his students a “godsend.” “I was jumping up and down on the tele phone,” he said about Cable’s offer to em ploy her method at the learning center, be gun last December. “We are just getting started with it but this is going to make a significant impact on our being able to reach the people that need help so desper ately.” Having had experience in teaching adult illiterates himself, Quillin said they are dif ficult to reach. “Their self-image and their expectations are low,” he said. Both he and Cable agreed that their satisfaction comes when the student undergoes a personality change and begins to gain confidence in himself. “It really is a kind of high, I guess you would say,” Quillin said. “Most of the tea chers are here for the feeling of seeing the students blossom.” . Cable said it took about a year to com plete “The Reading Handbook,” written after a study of adult illiteracy and avail able teaching materials revealed no “how to” books were available to teach reading to this growing population. “I kept thinking in the back of my mind that I wanted to write a book that would ex plain everything,” Cable said. “I thought, ‘Somebody ought to tell them how to figure out the perceived reading needs of an adult.’ “It tells how to prepare yourself for tea ching, how to locate the student, how to in terview them, and address the student’s needs. • • • • • MTV • • • • • OPEN Feb. 20,1986 .RAZOS vlj VALLEY ' GOLF .'•■i IVING l/T JiANGE Mon.-Fri. 12-9 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun. 1 a.m.-8 p.m. 696-1220 pt Bypass and Hwy. 30 Service I Road Going South Vi mile. THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH & STUDENT CENTER Announce CLASSES FOR THOSE INTERESTED PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION M or learning more about the Episcopal Church CLASSES MEET IN THE CHURCH Beginning 8:00 p.m. Thur., Feb. 21 906 Jersey College Station (So. Side of Campus) Ph. 696-1726 Juniors, Seniors, Vets, Meds & Grads Last chance to have your picture taken for the ’86 JLggieland. Photos will be taken until February 21 at Yearbook Associate’s studio, above Campus Photo Center at ETorthgate. ' ^ Office hours 8:30-12:00, 1:00-4:30 ITo pictures will be talcen at tne Pavilion tlris year